make: with palm leaves

When really strong winds blow hundreds of palm leaves down, what do you do?

 

 

- braid them all together into a really long rope that is virtually unbreakable,

 

 

and hang it up in the tree to make a swing.

 

 

- peg down the ends of one with little twigs and play croquet, (using a stilt as bat, of course!).

 

 

- weave into a place mat

 

 

- split into thin pieces and braid a sweet bracelet

 

 

- attempt to make a basket and then realise that your knowledge of basketry consists entirely of the words 'over, under, over, under...' and maybe you need some lessons.

 

 

These are just a few things that we got up to on a sunny afternoon, I've heard that people build bridges out of these leaves and also that they are used to make fabric by splitting them down to thread-like fibres and then weaving.

 

Happy experimenting!

 

Jo x